GRM WORKSHOPS

The Middle East is today in a state of unprecedented turbulence. The two principal Islamic giants of the region – Saudi Arabia and Iran – are locked intense competition. The ongoing struggle has strategic, doctrinal and political ramifications. While ... read more

Artificial Intelligence (AI), one of the hottest trends in modern technology, is projected to be a game changer in the global economy, with a contribution estimated at $15.7 trillion by 2030. In light of such crucial worldwide transformation, the Cooperat ... read more

The relationship between business and government is commonly regarded as a key determinant of economic growth and development. It has a critical bearing on the outcomes of policy reform and the performance of practically every area of the economic life o ... read more

The following workshop tries to reach a better and more balanced understanding of the contemporary processes of domestic policy making and governance in Saudi Arabia. Comprehension of these two areas is particularly pertinent given the importance of the N ... read more

Over the past 18 months, the geopolitically critical Gulf region has been adjusting to new political, social, economic, and security realities. Traditional understandings of politics in the region – a preference for gradualism, for example – have been ... read more

Several developments affecting the Gulf family or emanating from it have emerged recently. The accelerated rate of modernization and the unprecedented socioeconomic, political, and demographic changes have implications for the well-being of Gulf families ... read more

Britain’s unprecedented withdrawal from the EU presents a unique challenge both to the UK and the EU in defining their policies towards the countries of the Gulf, whether together, in friendly rivalry, or in less constructive competition. The regional d ... read more

Quality is a relative term. It connotes a spectrum of meanings, ranging from “quality” of students admitted into the program to the caliber of academic staff and the availability of resources to support teaching and learning activities, among others. ... read more

The youth bulge registered in the Middle East in the past decade reveals how youth is becoming a crucial resource in the area. Described in world media primarily in terms of radicalisation or political mobilisation, youth is ambivalently torn between oppo ... read more

Long-time neglected architectural and artistic productions of the modernization era
are now at the centre of a renewed interest. In the last decade, a series of initiatives
were launched to understand, analyse and re-engage with the once-modern city, wh ... read more

This workshop examines the potential implications of an independent Kurdistan as well as the regional powers’ policies, namely the Gulf States and Iran, to such an occurrence. The study will focus on the role of the KRG in regional policies –all of wh ... read more

GCC economies face a balancing challenge between domestic and foreign investments of their sovereign investment vehicles. While natural resources related income and investment returns are decreasing, the demand towards domestic deployment of capital and d ... read more

While countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are experiencing rapid economic development, they face many current and potential problems related to sustainability. In the absence of numerous urgent measures, including policy reforms, the populatio ... read more

Women in the Arabian Gulf today, are taking central stage in representing and occasionally spearheading the ongoing process of “nation”-state-building, as well as they contribute to the dynamic reorientation of the large-scale state-modernizing projec ... read more

Gulf countries, as well as origin countries, have visions and plans about future development in which labour migration to the GCC region is an important factor. Efforts regarding development goals are likely to be faced with several constraints, including ... read more